The opening round of world’s premier rally competition will feature again an unpredictable weather and road conditions over four days from January 25 to January 28. The event will take place again in the mountains near Monte-Carlo and around Gap, about 250 kilometers north of Monaco.

The itinerary of the 2018 Rallye Monte-Carlo is more than 1.600 kilometers long, including seventeen special stages which are 388 kilometers long.

Unpredictable weather and road conditions are expecting competitors

Sixty-eight crews are on the entry list, led by reigning world champions Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia in the #1 Ford Fiesta WRC. A French duo also will defend last year’s victory which was their fifth triumph at Rallye Monte-Carlo. The driver of the #2 Ford Fiesta will be Elfyn Evans.

M-Sport Ford World Rally Team has one more driver who already won Monte Carlo Rally. It’s Bryan Bouffier, who was a winner in 2011 when the event was a part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Bouffier’s entry is a part of a two-event deal with M-Sport, the second event would be Tour de Corse.